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Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Golden Palate
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.13 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
When former restaurant critic arrives at 221B Baker Street, he brings with him a tale that would strain the credulity of any reasonable person. For months, he has suffered mysterious attacks of violent illness-nausea, temporary blindness, progressive nerve damage-all occurring after dining at Rousseau's, London's most exclusive French restaurant. Dismissed by his employers as unstable and by physicians as hysterical, Carstairs is convinced he has been deliberately poisoned. But how? And why?
Sherlock Holmes is intrigued. The food at Rousseau's is beyond reproach. The ingredients are pristine. Victims often share dishes with companions who suffer no ill effects. Yet the pattern is undeniable: three separate poisonings, each targeting diners with expertise in gastronomy, each leaving victims with identical symptoms of metal exposure.
As Holmes and Watson navigate the elegant world of Mayfair dining, they discover that Rousseau's harbors secrets far darker than culinary pretension. The method of poisoning proves as ingenious as it is horrifying, and the motive leads to a desperate conspiracy worth forty-five thousand pounds. The truth, as always, lies in careful observation-though in this case, it glimmers in the very light that illuminates each deadly meal.
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